shockingly good costuming and acting for such a typical Corman movie.

Corman's first directorial effort in 20 years covers much of the same ground as _Haunted Summer_ and _Gothic_, fueled by a _Back to the Future_-type time-travel twist. This emerges as an uneven but often thoughtful attempt to merge futuristic sci-fi with its 19th-century roots -- i.e., Mary Shelley's seminal novel _Frankenstein, or A Modern Prometheus_ (though by recasting her fictitious Frankenstein as a living neighbor, the film belittles Shelley's imagination a mite).

i finally got around to rewatching this because i liked it as a kid, but my nostalgia proved unwarrented. it's a stupid concept mixing frankenstein and time travel by what turns out to be only coincidence. the acting and special effects may be injury inducing, but if you're able to get over the concept then you can probably live with a little more brain damage without noticing.

A whole lot of ideas that don't really gel

Deliberately cheesy performances from Hurt and Julia can't save this turkey, that reeks of made for tv-effects and lacks any...uhm...thing... at all to make it interesting. It's not anoyingly bad, it's just an incredible lack of potential. Raoul Julia as doc Frankenstein should have ruled.